L'Officiel(ly) new fave photographer

Photographer: Reno Mezger (Syndikat Artists)

Publication: L'Officiel (Ukraine edition)

 Styling: Patrick Lief

Hair: Fee Steinvorth

Make-Up: Isabel Peters (using Chanel)

The July edition of Ukraine edition of L'Officiel magazine came out yesterday July 2nd and I adore this punk-esque inspired shoot by Reno Mezger. I love the colours and layers and the almost but not quite trashed makeup. Perfect post-festival pick me up.

To the BARRE (& other hobbies)

Financial Times: How to Spend It
Photographer: Andrew Yee
Styling: Damian Foxe
Hair, Make-up and Set Design: Atelier Management

These impressively posed shots were Financial Times' How to Spend It, back in December 2013. Ballet has recently gone 'on the up' in fashion and as one of those who has leapt onto this latest bandwagon, I had to mention this one.

The pointed toe in the first, the clasped hands in the second, turned out feet in the third and the pilé en point (!!) in the fourth all emulate dancing poise and posture. Combined with the unusual quirks in theatrical hair and make-up make for a fantastical combination.

Love the (GREEN) lips!

 How to Spend It 7 June 2014

'Tribal Gathering'

Photographs and Styling by Damian Foxe 

1. Lime Crime Serpentina $18 
2.  Illamasqua Apocalips £18.50 
3. Dolce and Gabbana Emeraldo £27 (from the Sicilian Jewels collection)

Emerald Green was Pantone colour of the year in 2013 and as it filters here and there into high fashion, we wonder, can we actually wear green lipstick?

It makes an extraordinary focus point for Damian Foxe's styling above, Illamasqua's Apocalips brings together the crazy combinations of feathers, animal print, layers of tulle and wooden jewellery and impressive sculptures of hair.

Apocalips, has a vibrant and matt finish. But if you don't want to go down the '90s grunge route and you're not ready to go as far as Foxe if your feeling tribal, I think you will be surprised how flattering an emerald tone can be on golden skin, minimal eye make up and bronzed lids. That's where glossy, jewel-esque shades like Lime Crime's Sperpentina or Dolce and Gabbana's Emeraldo come in.

See Rhianna, who pulls off grunge AND gleaming...

 

Lady of the Lake #2: Awesome Auburn

Porter magazine
Photographer Jeff Bark
Fashion editor Anthony Unwin
Enchanting heroine Karen Elson

Dresses by Bottega Veneta, Marc Jacobs, Dolce & Gabbana, Alberta Ferretti

A continuation on the theme of etheral beauties and the Pre-Raphaelite legacy. It seems as though this is a trend co-inciding with the opening of a major exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. (May 20 to October 26, metmuseum.org)

As Elizabeth Siddal, the muse of Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais played the perfect tragic heroine, lying body submerged for a period of four months, as he realised her comparison to Shakespeare's Ophelia.  Elson, our modern muse lies, as Elizabeth Siddal, femme fatal, in a wet dress, the creation of the image a masterpiece of research, hair and makeup, stylists and assistants, in a matter of hours. 

Lady of the Lake

20ft deep water tank 

750,000 litres of water

1,609 metres of hair extensions

5 metre high bed

6 hours to set up

8 hours to shoot

1,468 photographs

53 seconds without taking a breath

9 crew members

7 cameras 

62 wet towels

 

How to Spend It special interiors edition (Superior Interiors April 12 2014) showcases the most sumptuous silks and satins for the bedroom... and the gowns you will be wearing when you sink into them.

This Pre-Ralphealite-esque photoshoot conjours up themes of nature, love, literature and death, of sweet slumbers in an eerie watery world.

Exquisite dresses, aquamarine themed headpieces, crystal neck decor and pearl suspenders. Silk, organza, embroidery, crepe and lace. The finest silk, cotton, and goose feather linens and bed spreads. Designers include Ralph Lauren Home, Sophia Kah, Oscar de la Renta and Suzie Turner Couture. 

My favourite touch are Miranda Keyes designs; sand-eel headband and needlefish-tail headpieces (made to order).. For that fishy party.

Styling by Damian Foxe.

Underwater photographs by Zena Holloway. 

Floral art and design, seen throughout, by Jane Macfarlane-Duckworth for The Flower Union.